# Incident 20080415842449I: Cessna 172E, Farmingdale, NY, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5619T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5619T-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415842449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 4/15/2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 EDT, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT BEING OPERATED BY SUBJECT AIRMAN DEPARTED RWY 19 AT KFRG.  THE PILOT STATED THAT BETWEEN 100-150 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THE THROTTLE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.  HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE REMAINDER OF RWY 19.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF ONTO A TAXIWAY.  BY THIS TIME THE ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN.  THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP.  INSPECTION REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES OF WATER IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL BOWL AND CARBUREATOR FLOAT BOWL.  A BIRDS NEST WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE WATER MAY HAVE ENTERED THE RANKS THROUGH INADEQUATLEY SEALED FUEL CAPS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A COMPLETE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, REMOVED A BIRDS NEST FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND DRAINED ALL FUELS SUMPS.  THE TAXI TIME TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS APPROXIMATLEY 35-40 MINUTES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THIS TIME, THE ENGINE RAN WELL.  HE FURTHER STATED THE RUN-UP WAS NORMAL AND THE ENGINE DEVELOPED FULL POWER FOR TAKEOFF.  FOLLWING REMOVAL OF THE WATER, THE ENGINE RUN-UP WAS NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5619T (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19931127049299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931127049299I), Nov 27, 1993: Cessna 172E (N5619T), Millinocket, ME, Minor damage. Landed nose wheel first. Cuased nose whel tire to deflate. Had propellers strick runway.
- [Incident 19810523062139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810523062139I), May 23, 1981: Cessna 172E (N5619T), Damascas, OH, Minor damage. Engine became rough on takeoff. Aborted, landed and ran off runway. Repaired carburetor heat control.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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